Africa Bonds
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Bailed out Portuguese lender Banco Espírito Santo has been hit with fresh bad news, as Angolan authorities announced they would no longer guarantee the loan book of BES’s subsidiary in the country. Meanwhile, buyers of credit default swaps (CDS) on BES’s sub paper are expected to be told that the protection contracts are worthless due to the nature of the breakup of the bank. -
The Federal Republic of Nigeria has released price guidance for the tapping of two of its outstanding naira bonds. The 15.1% April 2017s have initial guidance out at 11.35% area and the 19.39% January 2022s are talked at 12.25% area.
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Nigeria's Seven Energy has revised price guidance to 9.5% area for its seven year non-call three bond and is expecting to price the note on Thursday. Books for the note have already gone subject in Asia and Europe and will do so in the US at the end of the day in London.
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Seven Energy has released initial price thoughts of mid-9% area for a seven year non-call three bond of around $500m. The roadshow for the deal ended on Tuesday and the Reg S/144A note is expected to be this week’s business.
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Tunisia launched a $500m seven year bond this week with a full guarantee from USAID, as part of US efforts to help the country through its transition to a new democratically elected government.
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The African sovereign bond market has come of age, with debt bankers expecting this year’s successes to encourage debut transactions, as well as more regular issuance and diversification into euros from established names. Senegal’s seven times subscribed $500m 10 year bond this week was just the latest deal to surprise bankers, with an aggressive starting point and even tighter finish. But the current open mouthed surprise at what African sovereigns can achieve could soon be forgotten as deal after deal attracts a huge order book despite slim new issue concessions. Steven Gilmore reports.
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Senegal sold a seven times subscribed $500m 10 year bond this week, at a yield well inside what bankers away from the deal saw as a surprisingly aggressive starting point. But surprise at what Africa sovereigns can achieve is becoming less justifiable as deal after deal attracts a huge orderbook despite slim new issue concessions.
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Ecobank Nigeria on Thursday contributed to the barrage of Africa bond mandates, picking leads for a debut subordinated dollar bond. The bank finishes a roadshow on August 1, and the appetite evident in recent Africa sovereign deals means a debut sub deal in the middle of summer is by no means off the cards, said bankers away from the bond.
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Ecobank Nigeria on Thursday contributed to the barrage of Africa bond mandates, picking leads for a debut subordinated dollar bond. The bank will finish a roadshow on August 1, and the appetite evident in recent African sovereign deals means even a debut sub deal in the middle of summer is by no means off the cards, said bankers away from the bond.
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African Export-Import Bank launched a $500m five year bond that traded up in the secondary market after being priced on Tuesday. The borrower had to contend with a downgrade from Standard & Poor’s in the run up to the deal, but still managed to price a three times subscribed bond with respectable new issue premium.
